You know nothing about dogs, pigs or chickens!
In Professor Greger Larson's short talk he unearths some new truths about the domestication of some familiar animal friends. This ERC projec...
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Beyond boundaries: research worth sharing
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the European Research Council (ERC), set up by the European Commission in 2007. The ERC funds exceptional individual scientists to carry out high-risk...
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6 episodesParenting, politics and petrol bombs: trying to reduce child abuse in Africa
In her talk, Prof Lucie Cluver explores: can we really improve parent-child relationships, reduce child abuse and reduce poverty? This ERC S...
Ten things you wish you didn’t know about elections (and what to do about them)
In this talk, Prof Phil Howard explains how we are targeted and manipulated by social media and bots trying to influence voter behaviour. Si...
English landscapes and identities
Prof Chris Gosden explains what his research tells us about regional developments and variations in English settlement and landscape changes...
Why immigration detention is a form of punishment
In this talk Prof Mary Bosworth explores the daily experiences of the people held in immigration detention. Prof Bosworth's (2012 - 2017) ER...
Sociogenomics – when nature meets nurture
In this short talk, Professor Melinda Mills introduces her work on the role of gene and gene-environment interaction on reproductive health...